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The “normal” pain scale does not work for those with a chronic illness or chronic pain, since most of us, at baseline, have some sort of pain or discomfort. When asked “on a scale of 1-10, what is your pain”, we often get weird looks when we say anything above 5, and when we try to explain what we mean, they are skeptical. I made this pain scale to help better explain our levels of pain at different numbers ⤵️ 1️⃣ pain not super noticeable 2️⃣ a little more noticeable 3️⃣ can mostly push... Pain Scale 1-10, Immune Soup, Symptom Journal, Chronic Pain Awareness, Pain Scale, Chronic Pain Management, Invisible Disease, Spoonie Life, Awareness Quotes

The “normal” pain scale does not work for those with a chronic illness or chronic pain, since most of us, at baseline, have some sort of pain or discomfort. When asked “on a scale of 1-10, what is your pain”, we often get weird looks when we say anything above 5, and when we try to explain what we mean, they are skeptical. I made this pain scale to help better explain our levels of pain at different numbers ⤵️ 1️⃣ pain not super noticeable 2️⃣ a little more noticeable 3️⃣ can mostly push...

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There are an estimated 100 million Americans who live with chronic pain. Let’s say that for every person who lives with it there is one who loves that person – whether it’s a spouse, a parent, a child, or a friend. That’s another 100 million. Now, you can’t know what it’s like living with it unless you do, and understanding what it’s like living with chronic pain dramatically affects how you treat someone who lives with it. Caregiving Quotes, Caregiver Quotes, Living With Chronic Pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Living With Chronic Illness, Spoonie Life, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Ehlers Danlos, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome

There are an estimated 100 million Americans who live with chronic pain. Let’s say that for every person who lives with it there is one who loves that person – whether it’s a spouse, a parent, a child, or a friend. That’s another 100 million. Now, you can’t know what it’s like living with it unless you do, and understanding what it’s like living with chronic pain dramatically affects how you treat someone who lives with it.

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